The poster on the O2 forum stated that he had been to a branch in Wilmslow and a manager had shown him an email from head office stating the Galaxy had failed accreditation, and will be delayed indefinitely.

Pulling dummies

The poster also stated dummy handsets have been pulled from the shelves, although each store TechRadar has spoken to has stated they have not been given any dummy handsets to display yet, and most confirmed it will be coming in "two to three weeks".

The ire is also growing for the latest 'must have' phone after it went on sale in other territories, including France and Germany.

O2 does not appear to have the exclusive on the handset as it does with the iPhone and Palm Pre, so any delays on the i7500 Galaxy wouldn't be simply down to the network, more likely to do with a problem transferring the settings to a UK-specific version.